Using digital image analysis for assessing the quality of wheat and barley
- Authors: Armstrong, Bruce
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Thesis , Masters
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- Description: This thesis explores the issues involved in developing a relatively low-cost digital imaging analysis (DIA) system fot the quality assessment of wheat and barley using commonly available equipment. It also explores the capability of such a system to provide rapid and accurate assessments.
- Description: Master of Applied Science by research
Colour image annotation using hybrid intelligent techniques for image retrieval
- Authors: Kulkarni, Siddhivinayak , Kulkarni, Pradnya
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings
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- Description: This paper presents a novel technique for colour image annotation based on neural networks and fuzzy logic. Neural network is proposed for classifying the images based on their contents and fuzzy logic is proposed for interpreting the content of an image in terms of natural language. One of the main aspects of this research is to avoid re-training of the neural networks by training the content of the image. Neural network is not trained on database of images; therefore image can be added or deleted from image database without affecting the training. The proposed hybrid technique is tested on real world colour image dataset and promising results are obtained. © 2012 IEEE.
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Evaluation of J integral for clay soils using a new ring test
- Authors: Costa, Susanga , Kodikara, Jayantha
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Geotechnical Testing Journal Vol. 35, no. 6 (2012), p. 981-989
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- Description: Fracture behaviour of clay soils is an important area in soil mechanics that needs further development. Currently, there is no test method to determine fracture properties of clay soils during desiccation. The past work has been mostly on the use of fracture toughness as applicable to linear elastic fracture mechanics using external loading of specimens. However, importance of considering likely plasticity in fracture propagation, especially with soft soils, has been highlighted. J integral is an important parameter in elasto-plastic fracture mechanics, which accounts for the change in potential energy with fracture propagation. This paper presents an innovative test method to evaluate the fracture behaviour, in particular to determine J integral, as applicable to desiccating soils. The challenging task of calculating strains and stresses of slurry clays has been dealt with using an image-analysis technique. Starting from the fundamentals of fracture mechanics, J integral is expressed as a summation of several line integrals. The major advantage of the new method is its suitability for wet or slurry soils for which load tests are impossible. Copyright © 2012 by ASTM International.
Use of 3D scanning technology to determine bus access for people using powered mobility aids
- Authors: Unsworth, Carolyn , Chua, Julian , Naweed, Anjum , Gudimetla, Prasad , Nguyen, Toan , Barnes, David
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Transport and Health Vol. 10, no. (2018), p. 350-360
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- Description: Public transport is designed to move people efficiently and affordably around their communities. Millions of people internationally with disabilities rely on public transport every day to connect them to services, work, educational and social events. Many of these people attempt to board public transport using a powered mobility aid (such as an electric wheelchair, mobility scooter, or gopher) and this number is expected to rise as the population ages. Evidence suggests that many people have difficulty getting their powered mobility aids on and off public transport vehicles, and consumers, vendors and the health care-professionals involved in recommending mobility aids have no way of knowing which powered mobility aids are compatible with existing public transport configurations. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how existing 3D technologies and software can be applied to solve this real world problem using the example of buses. This proof-of-principle paper describes the process of scanning buses and powered mobility aids in 3D, together with descriptions of the prototype software to undertake the computerised process, to determine the compatibility of powered mobility aids for access on buses. Feasibility is then demonstrated using an example of one bus and one powered mobility aid. This paper is of interest to researchers wishing to examine the application of 3D technologies, health care providers and consumers who select powered mobility aids, as well as transport policy makers and conveyance commissioners who can access 3D data to optimise transport network accessibility for all community members. © 2018
Applications of Computed Tomography (CT) in environmental soil and plant sciences
- Authors: Zhang, Huan , He, Hailong , Gao, Yanjun , Mady, Ahmed , Filipović, Vilim , Dyck, Miles , Lv, Jialong , Liu, Yang
- Date: 2023
- Type: Text , Journal article , Review
- Relation: Soil and Tillage Research Vol. 226, no. (2023), p.
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- Description: Computed tomography (CT) in combination with advanced image processing can be used to non-invasively and non-destructively visualize complex interiors of living and non-living media in 2 and 3-dimensional space. In addition to medical applications, CT has also been widely used in soil and plant science for visual and quantitative descriptions of physical, chemical, and biological properties and processes. The technique has been used successfully on numerous applications. However, with a rapidly evolving CT technologies and expanding applications, a renewed review is desirable. Only a few attempts have been made to collate and review examples of CT applications involving the integrated field of soil and plant research in recent years. Therefore, the objectives of this work were to: (1) briefly introduce the basic principles of CT and image processing; (2) identify the research status and hot spots of CT using bibliometric analysis based on Web of Science literature over the past three decades; (3) provide an overall review of CT applications in soil science for measuring soil properties (e.g., porous soil structure, soil components, soil biology, heat transfer, water flow, and solute transport); and (4) give an overview of applications of CT in plant science to detect morphological structures, plant material properties, and root-soil interaction. Moreover, the limitations of CT and image processing are discussed and future perspectives are given. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
An evidence theoretic approach for traffic signal intrusion detection
- Authors: Chowdhury, Abdullahi , Karmakar, Gour , Kamruzzaman, Joarder , Das, Rajkumar , Newaz, Shah
- Date: 2023
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sensors Vol. 23, no. 10 (2023), p. 4646
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- Description: The increasing attacks on traffic signals worldwide indicate the importance of intrusion detection. The existing traffic signal Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) that rely on inputs from connected vehicles and image analysis techniques can only detect intrusions created by spoofed vehicles. However, these approaches fail to detect intrusion from attacks on in-road sensors, traffic controllers, and signals. In this paper, we proposed an IDS based on detecting anomalies associated with flow rate, phase time, and vehicle speed, which is a significant extension of our previous work using additional traffic parameters and statistical tools. We theoretically modelled our system using the Dempster-Shafer decision theory, considering the instantaneous observations of traffic parameters and their relevant historical normal traffic data. We also used Shannon's entropy to determine the uncertainty associated with the observations. To validate our work, we developed a simulation model based on the traffic simulator called SUMO using many real scenarios and the data recorded by the Victorian Transportation Authority, Australia. The scenarios for abnormal traffic conditions were generated considering attacks such as jamming, Sybil, and false data injection attacks. The results show that the overall detection accuracy of our proposed system is 79.3% with fewer false alarms.
Directional reflectivity of the ellipsoid zone in dry age-related macular degeneration
- Authors: Griffin, Shane , Jia, Yali , Johnson, Alicia , Antony, Bhavna , McDonald, H. Richard , Johnson, Robert , Lujan, Brandon
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retinq Vol. 52, no. 3 (2021), p. 145-152
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- Description: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Ellipsoid zone (EZ) reflectivity on optical coherence tomography (OCT) is affected by the orientation of the scanning beam. The authors sought to determine how directional reflectivity changes in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective image analysis included 17 control and 20 dry AMD subjects. Directional OCT (D-OCT) was performed using multiple displaced pupil entrance positions. EZ pixel values and apparent incidence angles were measured. RESULTS: EZ reflectivity decreased in off-axis scans in controls ( P < .001), AMD areas between drusen ( P < .001), and AMD areas overlying drusen ( P < .001). The magnitude of decrement in EZ reflectivity was significantly higher when incidence angles exceeded 10° in controls than in AMD areas between drusen ( P = .024). CONCLUSION: EZ reflectivity in dry AMD may vary by incident angle of light less than in controls, possibly indicating alteration of photoreceptor orientation or integrity. [ Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2021 52:145–152.]